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Rajasthan Royals Squad 2026: Pakistan Super League has suffered another big blow. Sri Lankan cricket team captain Dasun Shanaka has joined Rajasthan Royals. He was supposed to play for Lahore Qalandars in PSL 2026, but now he has replaced all-rounder Sam Curran in the RR squad.
Rajasthan Royals have also confirmed that Dasun Shanaka will be seen playing in the pink jersey in IPL 2026. He has joined Rajasthan team for an amount of Rs 2 crore. Let us tell you that Shanaka is not the first player to leave Pakistan Super League and join IPL this season. Before him, Zimbabwe’s Blessing Muzarabani has come to Kolkata Knight Riders, who has replaced Mustafizur Rahman.
Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Mohsin Naqvi has said that legal action will be taken against any player who has broken the PSL contract and gone to the Indian Premier League. Last season, South Africa’s Corbin Bosch had joined Mumbai Indians, due to which the PCB banned him from playing in the Pakistan Super League for one year.
Talking about Dasun Shanaka, he is currently the captain of Sri Lanka’s T20 cricket team. So far he has represented Sri Lanka in 6 Tests, 71 ODI matches and 131 T20 International matches. So far, he has scored more than 3 thousand runs in his international career and has also taken 86 wickets.
Dasun Shanaka is a fast bowling all-rounder by profession. He had earlier been a part of Gujarat Titans squad in 2023 and 2025. Till now he has played only 3 IPL matches.
Updated squad of Rajasthan Royals: Ryan Parag (captain), Ravindra Jadeja, Dasun Shanaka, Donovan Ferreira, Sandeep Sharma, Shubham Dubey, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Luan-Dre Pretorius, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Joffra Archer, Tushar Deshpande, Quena Mafaka, Nandre Berger, Ravi Bishnoi, Sushant Mishra, Yash Raj Punja, Vignesh Puthur, Ravi Singh, Aman Rao, Brijesh Sharma, Adam Milne, Kuldeep Sen
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